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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Invista North America S.a R.l., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Vinay Medhekar, Beaumont, TX (US);
Assignee:
INVISTA North America S.a.r.l., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/22 (2006.01); B01J 31/18 (2006.01); B01J 23/755 (2006.01); B01J 35/02 (2006.01); B01J 35/10 (2006.01); B01J 37/04 (2006.01); B01J 37/14 (2006.01); B01J 37/16 (2006.01); B01J 37/18 (2006.01); B01J 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 31/185 (2013.01); B01J 23/755 (2013.01); B01J 31/1845 (2013.01); B01J 35/023 (2013.01); B01J 35/026 (2013.01); B01J 35/1009 (2013.01); B01J 37/04 (2013.01); B01J 37/14 (2013.01); B01J 37/16 (2013.01); B01J 37/18 (2013.01); B22F 9/22 (2013.01); B01J 31/26 (2013.01); B01J 2231/322 (2013.01); B01J 2531/847 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are described herein that involve rotating or gently mixing nickel(II)-containing particles in a reaction vessel while heating the particles and flowing a reducing atmosphere through the reaction vessel for a time sufficient to generate free-flowing nickel metal (Ni(0)) from the nickel(II)-containing particles.